Suspensory bandage



A. R. cHlsHoLM sUsPENsonY BANDAGE Aug. 9, 1921.

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Y [NVE/WOR ARRON R. cHlsHol- M Patented ug. 9,` 1927.

manon n. cHIsHoLM, oF-EAs'r: onanenfnnwJ-Ensnmg SUSENSORY Baumes.

The invention relates to suspensories having a sacksuspendedfrom a belt, and isI based ony Letters Patent to me dated Nov, 4, 1919, No. 1,320,737.l

The object of the present inventicn is to provide sack-supporting'. means which shall` conform to and liein close contact with the body of the wearer in all positions of the latter and thus insure the proper function-V tained, to be hereinafter describedA andV claimed.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification and show two forms of the invention as it has been carried out in practice. j Y Y Figure 1 is a front elevation of apreferred form of the bandage, in which the sack isdetachable.

Figure 2 is a horizontal section taken onv i the line 2 2 in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an elevation corresponding toa portion of Figure 1, showing a form m. which the sack 1s permanently attached.' l

Similar reference numerals indicate the same parts in all the figures.

All the parts supporting the sack 5 are of inelastic webbing woven in the direction ofv their lengths and adapted to resist lateral distortional strains.

The sack 5 is supported from a transverse cross-piece 6 having at its mid-length avertically extended upright member 7 The cross-piece 6 is double, see Figure 2, and receives between its parts the ends 8 and 9 of two diagonally arranged members 10 and 1,1y forming-the belt which is adapted to extend over the hips `of the wearer and across the back yandto follow the lines of the groins but not to lie ,in the waist line The belt member 10 carries a buckle 12y arranged to engage the longer belt member 11, and the metal'of the buckle'is held out of contact with the body by the projecting end 13 of the shorter belt member 10.-

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member 7 -`and extending*oppositely,-theref.,

from are two-braces 14 which arefattahed by lines stitches -15 toY the belt, members 10 111161111. how

l The braces tlius; ormacute, l,

thebelt lmembers and Itendto aid in resist? ing any tendency of the structure to distor tion.

The upright member 7 is in theform`y of a loop receiving between its two limbs f the ends of the braces 14 and also the cross-v piece 6, all joined by the linesof stitches v23.

In the form shown in Figures 1 and 2 the cross-piece 6 has at each end a depending tab 156, each equipped with the studv portion 17 of a snap fastener, and each end of theI cross piece carries a similar lstud `portion 18. At separated points on vthe upper margin of the sack 5 vare two loops 19, and the outer portion` of each loop carries the socket portions 20 of snap fasteners adapted to engagev theabove described stud portions.v

Thus arranged the sack `is detachably se-A curedy and may be removed for cleansing, renlewal, or the Asubstitution 0f 'a' different sac r.

It will be vnoted that Contact of the'metal of the socket portions 2O with the body'of the wearer is `prevented by therinterposition of the inner portions of the loops 19.

In the form shown in Figure 3 the tabs 21 are shorterthan the tabs 16 `above de.-

scribed and are permanently fastened tothe sack 5 by the stitches 22. v The arrangement of thecross-piece 6 and its upright member 7, together with the belt ends 8 and 9 andbraces 14is such as .tor

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insure that the sack hangs in the proper'pof i sition regardless ofthe" girth ofthe-wearer. 5

The location of the sack is'the same in all sizes and shapes of figures, vand is unaffected by these factors because the sack hangs below the abdomen in all cases, due to the. manner of tieing orA bracing the several parts ofthe support and the material employed. l

The. web members of the structure lieflat against all the body-surfaces and follow the natural lines of the body so that whenl properly positioned there is no tendencyto los ride up or sag down or otherwise change f.

in position regardlessof body movements. Importance is attached'to the fact that the members 14 extend downwardly atan angle from their'points of attaclimentwith the members 11 and 12, with their other ends joined to the upper end of the upright 7 in close proximity to the attachment of v'the members 8 yand `9 with the cross-piece G, as by this meansthe supporting means Will have a -tendency to depend and closely contact with the body of the wearer at a point in proximity to the sack, with the result that the sack at all times hangs below the abdomen and is held. in properr position suspended at a point below the pit of the stomach. e l v I claim e Adevice of the characterdescribed comprising a sack,.a cross-member havingmeans.` for supporting the sack, a relatlvely short said brace members being iixedly connected With the belt members and disposed at an acute angle to the belt members and over lapping the latter for a greater portion of their length, al1 of said members being of flexible inelastic webbing;

In testimony that I lclaim the invention Y above set forth I aiix my signature hereto.

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